Ryn picked up the furious Theresa and held her in his arms like a bolster pillow, then plopped himself down in her seat.
He slowly recounted the events that had transpired in the Sea of Quanta over the past few days, and how, in a place very close to the connection between the prime world and the Sea of Quanta, a pseudo-god who had failed to ascend, "Sa," was secretly developing.
No one likes having a nuclear bomb that could detonate at any moment placed at their doorstep, even if the bomb shows no intention of exploding.
So, in the future, once he was strong enough to one-shot Sa, Ryn decided he would have a good chat with It.
He couldn't one-shot Sa now, and a direct confrontation would only result in mutual destruction. So, Ryn chose to put It aside for now. If Sa decided to make a move, then everyone would be finished together. If It didn't, then Ryn would make the first move in the future.
Wow, Ryn once again felt like a major villain~
Theresa patted Ryn's face, pulling the soul of this guy, who had drifted off somewhere with a proud look on his face, back to reality.
"So, you don't know why, and Kiana and the others don't know why either, but somehow Sirin was separated from Kiana's body…
And now, we have two Herrschers of the Void in St. Freya High School?!"
When Theresa said "Herrscher," her voice involuntarily rose in pitch as she exclaimed in shock.
"Hm? What's wrong? Isn't it good to have two Herrschers of the Void? A Herrscher's power is at least on par with an S-rank Valkyrie. Now the academy has four S-rank Valkyries, aren't you happy, Theresa? And Mei should be able to control the power of a Herrscher in the future, which would make it five S-rank Valkyries?"
"Happy about what! This is a school for training Valkyries! And now all the high-end combat power are Herrschers! And there's Kika, who started as an S-rank, I haven't even taught her anything!"
"So what? We're all still under your command, following your orders. Speaking of which… if we were to follow what Tesla said back then, it seems it wouldn't be too difficult for us to defect from Schicksal now?"
"Defect my foot! I am the number one successor of Schicksal, why would I play at defecting for no reason!"
"You see, it's because you won't defect that you can't win over Cecilia. Look at Siegfried, who did defect. He captivated Cecilia with just a single glance~
""Don't bring that up! You bastard Ryn!! I'm going to fight you!!"
Theresa's face turned red with anger as she hammered Ryn's chest with her small fists.
Ryn chuckled, not minding it at all. He always felt that when he was with Theresa, he looked at her as if she were his own disappointing daughter~
No, if she were his daughter, his seniority would be lower than Otto's. Ryn now decided to look at Theresa as if she were his granddaughter's daughter.
Theresa suddenly felt a chill and stopped her "little fists hammering your chest." Then she looked at Ryn with a bewildered expression as his eyes suddenly filled with affection and the concern of an elder…
"?"
"Mhm." Ryn nodded meaningfully.
"!???"
Theresa was dumbfounded, completely bewildered. What's with that look, and what do you mean by nodding!
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Kiana dashed around the academy, searching for the figure of a certain white-haired furball.
Finally, she found Judah by the lake, practicing her singing alone.
Kiana leaped from behind and hugged Judah. Kiana's joyful smile made Judah, who was stuck in a bottleneck with her practice, smile involuntarily as well.
"Kiana, what did you need me for?"
"Judah, Judah! How about we play a game?" Kiana wrapped her arms around Judah's neck and swayed happily, swaying with Judah in the wind.
"A game… huh?" Judah paused, lost in thought.
She had a concert the day after tomorrow, so after her duties today, she had been practicing her singing here, but she hadn't made any progress…
"Okay."
Judah thought for a moment and then nodded at Kiana.
Practice singing? To hell with it, I'm slacking off.
Anyway, not many people come to seriously listen to her sing; they're all there for her looks.
"Yay!" Kiana happily picked up Judah and spun her around.
Besides, compared to Kiana's smile, those insincere smiles sometimes made it hard for Judah to even sing.
"Maybe… I should just be a behind-the-scenes singer in the future? And not hold any more concerts? But concerts make more money… Wait, if I'm not supporting Kallen, I'm not short on money!"
Judah held her chin, deep in thought about whether to hold concerts.
She didn't even notice that she had been picked up and carried away by the enthusiastic Kiana.
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At Himeko's house, Mei, Bronya, Kika, Himeko, and the others all wore the same expression, staring dumbfounded at the three people in front of them.
In the middle of the living room stood three "Kianas" with the same posture, wearing the same clothes, and having the same face and figure.
The Kianas on the left and right both had golden eyes and wore stern expressions, but it was still easy to distinguish between the blank, clear-eyed foolishness of the one on the left and the disdainful, arrogant queenly face of the one on the right.
And in the middle of the two Kianas was one with ice-blue eyes, exuding a sunny and cheerful aura from head to toe.
Kiana spread her arms, pulling Judah on her left and Sirin on her right into her embrace, proudly tilting her chin up and saying with a chuckle:
"Mei, Mei, quick, guess which one is me?"
Sirin and Judah rolled their eyes, giving Kiana a speechless look. No need for anyone to guess, you just exposed yourself!
"One Kiana… hehe… two Kianas… three… hehehe!"
But Mei, as if she hadn't heard what Kiana said, suddenly stood up and, in a few quick steps, mirrored Kiana's current action, pulling all three "Kianas" into her embrace.
"Only children make choices. I want them all!!"
"Mei! You're cheating!!!"
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At night, Ryn brought the dragon egg selected by God Mei to Himeko's house, intending to give it to Mei as a gift.
But because he had spent some time fooling around with Theresa and then got busy with Sirin's identity matters, it was already quite late.
However, because of Sirin's existence—a girl who was practically a carbon copy of Kiana except for her eye color and personality—everyone was full of curiosity and had been excitedly chatting about everything under the sun.